Improvement in scrap-books



B. .T. BECK.

SCRAP-BOOK.

No,175,327 Patentefi March 28,1876.

UNITED STATES BERNARD J. BECK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCRAP-BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 175,327, dated March28, 1876 application filed February 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD J. BECK, of Brooklyn,-.in the State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Scrap-Books, of which thefollowing is a specification:

1n the manufacture of scrap-books it is usual to place strips of foldedpaper between the respective leaves, so as to fill out the back and makethe same firm, but leave the space necessary between the leaves for thescraps or sheets of paper to be attached to the leaves. This operationis attended with difficulty and loss of time, because the separatestrips are liable to become misplaced -in cutting the grooves for theback cords, and often these filling pieces slip out of place by theclamp ing pressure, and the parts have to be putin position again, andthe workman loses time, and the book-back is not strong and uniform.

My improvement is made for avoiding all these difliculties; and consistsin a scrapbook back made of one or more thicknesses of paper folded withreverse folds like a fan, but parallel, and having the saw-cuts for thebinding-cords corresponding to the saw-cuts in the folded sheets,whereby the filling-pieces of the back are prepared for use separatelyfrom the sheets, and the two are put together in sewing up the book. Bythis construction the book is made much stronger than heretofore,because the back is in one continuous sheet, folded, and the separatedetached pieces heretofore used are dispensed with.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the backfilling-piece. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the sheets, andFig. 3 is a section of the back as complete.

The back piece or guard at is made of one sheet of the proper thickness,or of two or more layers or sheets. The folds 1 1 are made in onedirection; the folds 2 2 are intermediate and made in the otherdirection. This may be done by dies or fluted rollers. The number offolds will be regulated according to the thickness of the book, and thelength of the back strip will correspond to the length of the foldedsheet I) at the back. I compress the folds tightly together and cut thefolds at the back with the register-notches or saw-cuts 4, usuallyemployed for the attaching-cords to pass into, and I out similarnotches, 5, in the edges of the folded sheets, so that the parts willcorrespond when the folded sheets are placed successively between thefolds of the back and sewed together.

The manner of sewing is well known to bookbinders, and need not bedescribed, as the same is to be of any usual character.

When the book has been sewed the back is to be glued and the coversattached in the ordinary way. The ba k will be very strong, because theglue will pass in between the folds of the backing-piece, and thebacking-piece is continuous throughout, instead of being in separatepieces.

I claim as my invention- The scrap-book made with a filling-piece orguard of paper folded in opposite directions, and provided with theregister-notches and receiving the folded sheets, as set forth.

Signed by me this 17th day of February, A.

BERNARD J. BECK.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, UHAs. H. SMITH.

